"Of course not. I know those soldiers almost lost their lives because of Granny Lin, and I also know how much effort the divine doctor put in to verify the Gui Tu."
"Then why did you let your granny replace the antidote?"
Lin Sun looked extremely pained, as if she had been suppressing something. She opened her mouth as if to say something, but in the end, she said nothing and just silently endured the scolding and beatings.
Shi Muyuan didn't know why, but seeing Lin Sun like this, she felt a sudden surge of anger.
"Come on, there's no need to act so pitiful in front of me. You know this trick won't work on me."
Lin Sun nodded slightly. Just then, the divine doctor suddenly spoke up about something very important.
"Miss Lin, did you use a gu worm to control your granny?"
His expression was solemn, and he didn't seem to be joking at all.
At this moment, everyone also noticed a strange phenomenon.
From the moment the two of them appeared until now, Granny Lin had been unusually quiet. There wasn't even a single curse. If it weren't for her steady breathing, people might have thought she was dead.
This strange behavior alerted everyone.
"Miss Lin wouldn't be so heartless as to harm her own granny, would she? If so, we really can't trust you."
Qin Feng disliked Miss Lin the most. Her sudden defection, with the same goal as theirs, made him suspect that she might be a spy sent by the Western Region King.
Seeing that everyone misunderstood her, Lin Sun quickly explained.
"That's not how it is. How could I possibly harm Granny?"
Helpless, she had no choice but to tell the whole truth.
Only then did everyone witness what it meant for evil people to be punished by evil. Even heaven couldn't stand it.
It turned out that when Granny Lin replaced the Gui Tu, she accidentally got backlashed by the gu worm she had developed in her body. She had to sacrifice her own martial arts skills to save her life. However, due to her long - term research on gu poisons, she would be a fool for the rest of her life.
"Serves them right! I knew that people from the Western Region who use evil arts would never end well. Now, you've got what you deserve."
Lin Sun remained silent. She knew she was in the wrong in this matter. For now, she just hoped that these people would take her in and give her one last chance.
"Please, Granny has suffered a lot on this journey. She has received her due punishment. I swear that from now on, I will whole - heartedly serve the Great Liang and will never have any second thoughts."
"I'm tired of hearing such words. I gave you a chance before. Now, not killing you is already a reward for the medicinal materials you provided to save the common people."
Once a person betrays, they may do it again. Shi Muyuan wasn't some kind - hearted saint. She couldn't trust such a person by her side.
Knowing this well, she would never give Lin Sun a chance.
But Lin Sun was not willing to give up. She knelt down in front of the tent and refused to get up.
"If the Empress Dowager doesn't forgive me, I'll never get up."
"Humph, then you can just kneel here with your granny forever."
She turned away without mercy, and naturally, the others wouldn't show any kindness either.
So, just like this, when the soldiers got up early in the morning, they saw a beautiful woman kneeling in front of the tent, with an old woman beside her.
Some of them, out of pity, wanted to go forward and persuade her, but as soon as they took a step, they were pulled back by their comrades.
"Are you stupid? Do you know who she is and still dare to go up?"
"Ah? I don't know where this weak girl came from. Come with me quickly to take a look. This girl is already weak. Kneeling for a long time is bad for her health. Maybe she has something on her mind. Let's go find the general later."
His comrade didn't know what to say about this simple - minded guy's IQ.
"Don't you know? It's spread all over the camp. This girl is no good person. Have you heard of a venomous beauty? This girl and the old woman beside her are from the Lin family of the Western Region."
These two simple words made all those who were about to step forward back off.
On normal days, it might not have mattered, but this girl was from the Western Region and the Lin family.
They had suffered a lot at the hands of the Lin family before. After years of fighting, they were quite familiar with the enemy.
The Lin family was famous for developing gu worms. Many soldiers had died at their hands. They would have liked to skin the people of the Lin family alive.
Now, everyone lost interest in helping and instead watched the show.
"It seems the Empress Dowager made them kneel here. In this way, we can see the Empress Dowager's attitude, and we're relieved. I heard that General Qin and the people from the Lin family have defected. After getting along with General Chen for so long, we found that he really wants to defect, and we can accept General Qin, but we'll never accept the disgraceful Lin family."
"Yeah, get out!"
"Get out!"
The noise of the crowd grew louder and louder. They wished they could drown the two of them with their saliva.
Lin Sun remained calm as if she hadn't heard a thing.
Shi Muyuan had been sleeping soundly but was suddenly woken up. There was a hint of impatience between her eyebrows.
"What's going on? It's so noisy outside early in the morning. Don't those people need to go on patrol?"
Xiao Xiao sighed and came in to help her master wash and dress. "Master, the soldiers outside want to drive Miss Lin and the others out. If it disturbs your rest, I'll drive them away."
The last sentence piqued Shi Muyuan's interest. She tapped her fingers on the table continuously.
"This is quite interesting. No need. Since I'm already awake, I'll go out and join the fun. I really want to see how they drive Miss Lin out."
She looked rather scheming. Xiao Xiao, who was standing beside her, twitched the corner of her mouth. She was quite familiar with her master's expression. She shook her head and started to do her master's makeup.
Because Shi Muyuan kept urging, it only took less than half a stick of incense to finish her makeup.
After all, there were only a bunch of rough soldiers around, and she didn't have to attend any grand banquets, so the makeup was kept simple.
However, no matter how simple the makeup was, it always looked extraordinary on Shi Muyuan.
As soon as she walked out, those rough soldiers who had been scolding immediately fell silent, for fear of ruining this moment of beauty.
A few rays of sunlight fell on Shi Muyuan. The faint smile on her lips was like a fleeting beauty, so beautiful that it seemed unreal, and it was engraved in the hearts of those around her.
Cui Qizhou saw this scene when he came. He coughed twice and broke the atmosphere with a dark face.
"Are you all so free early in the morning?"